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February 19, 2012

Katahdin in Winter - Baxter and Hamlin Peaks

Climbing Mt Katahdin in winter has been a dream of mine for years. Something about Maine's highest peak in winter has always fascinated me.

On February 24th 2008 the dream became a reality as Phil Schlosser, Mark Rolerson, Mark Lowell and I set off from Abol Bridge at 5:30am on ski's.

Our route would take us up Abol Slide and across the Tableland to include both Baxter and Hamlin peaks.
We lucked out weather wise with blue skies, temps in the upper teens / low 20's, and only 20-25 mph winds above treeline. Round trip it took us 13.5 hours to cover approx 21 miles with 6000 feet of elevation gain... an epic day!